Audrey Jang | Legacy Project | Los Angeles

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Published 2021-02-18

Born in Gwangju, South Korea but raised in Los Angeles for most of her life, Audrey Jang attended Catholic school in California before attending boarding school in Connecticut for four years in high school. As her father traveled back and forth in between California and Korea due to work, Audrey stayed in California with her mother and sister, seeing her father less and less before he decided to stay permanently in Korea. Due to their immigration status, they were unable to leave the country for thirteen years. From her experience with applying for financial aid in college as a non-citizen to her own personal confrontations of her identity, Ms. Jang experienced the challenges associated with not being a U.S. citizen firsthand. After receiving her green card in the past year, she speaks about unpacking her identity while contemplating two possible futures for herself in either Korea and America.

All content has been recorded in advance prior to the US outbreak of COVID-19.

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All Comments (3)

@visitken 2 years ago

I enjoyed that story. Audrey sounds like a really strong young woman who sees the glass as always half full.
@joonl0127 3 years ago

I can relate to her story so much and I am honestly surprised that there is another person who shared similar experiences. It's hilarious how complicated a "status" can be regardless of how much one feels at home in America. Thank for the video! I somehow feel relieved lol.